Truck for handling brick and like material.



W. H. BARNES.

TRUCK FOR HANDLING BRICK AND LIKE MATERIAL.

APPLICATION FILED FBB.24, 1914. 1, 1 30,243. Patented Mar. 2, 1915.

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TRUCK FOR HANDLING BRICK AND LIKE MATERIAL.

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APPLIOATION FILED FEB.24, 1914.

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TRUCK FOR HANDLING BRICK AND LIKE MATERIAL.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 2, 1915.

Application filed February 24;, 1914. Serial No. 820,704.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, 'TILLIAM HnNnY BARNES, a citizen of the United States. residing at Spokane, in the county of Spokane and State of Washington, have invented new and useful Improvements in Trucks for Handling Bricks and like Material, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to an improvement in trucks for handling bricks or like material, and has as its principal object a device which may be used interchangeable in transporting bricks or in setting the kilns.

A second object is to design a truck in whichthe load is evenly balanced over the wheels.

A third object is to provide improved gripping devices on brick handling trucks.

A final object resides in the particular arrangement and combination of parts hereinafter described.

In the accompanying drawings: Figure 1 shows the truck in side elevation embodying my improvements. Fig. 2 is a front elevation of the truck shown in Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a plan View of the truck shown in Fig. 1. d is a rear plan view of my invention, having wheels removed and base secured for use in setting the kilns. Fig. 5 is a side elevation of the device as arranged in Fig. 1, the wheels and handles being removed. Fig. 6 is a detail showing the arrangement of a stack of bricks about to be lifted by my truck. Fig. 7 is a detail of the mechanism used for grasping the bricks and the means for operating the same, looking from the rear of the machine. Fig. 8 is a detail view of one of the iron straps used to support the weight of the bricks, parts being broken away. Fig. 9 is a detail View of a gripping finger.

1n the separate views the same part is designated by the same reference character.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, 1 is a frame, attached to the rear of which is a pair of bars such as 2 serving as handles and also providing means for supporting the brackets 8 in which the wheels 4c are journaled. It will be clearly seen from Fig. 1 that the bars 2 are attached to the frame 1 at one end thereof and make an angle of somewhat less than 45 degrees therewith. T 1e bars 5 are attached to the frame 1 near the end opposite the connection with the bars 2, and extend in the rear of the frame, crossing the bars 2 approximately at right angles thereto being attached to them at the point 6. lhe bars 5 and 2 serve as a brace for the frame and the bars 5 also serve as a support when the truck is not in motion.

The frame 1 is provided with an angle iron 7, appearing in Figs. 1 and 2, which extends horizontally transversely of the frame 1, and to which are pivoted the members 8 at points 9. It will be seen from Figs. 1 and 2 that the members 8 are relatively long flat bars and extend to the lower end of the frame 1. At the lower end of the frame is a cross bar 10 parallel to bar 7, which serves to support the lower ends of the members 8 but to which they are not attached. The members 8 carry at their lower ends the outwardly extending bars 11 which are best shown in'Figs. 1 and 3, the memhere 11 being provided with portions 12 offset at right angles thereto and which rest against the front face of the members 10 and are attached thereto by rivets such as 13, or other suitable means. [it their forward ends the members 11 are beveled as shown at 1% in order to facilitate the introduction of the members 11 between piles of bricks.

The members 8 project somewhat beyond their point of connection with the members 11 and immediately below the members 11, the members 8 have pivoted therein the shafts or rods 15, the forward ends of which are journaled in downwardly projecting brackets 16 which are attached to the under faces of the members 11. the shafts 15, as best shown in Fig. 7, are squared and carry levers such as 16. It will be seen from the drawings that'the members 8, and consequently the shafts 15 are mounted in pairs, the members of each pair being alongside of each other. Consequently 1 ar range the members 16 so as to extend in opposite directions from each pair of members S, and extend the levers 16 toward adj acent edges so that the levers belonging to the members of each pair of bars 8 come into contact as indicated at 17, these contacting faces being adapted to act as operating cams. The outer ends of the levers 16 are attached to ropes 18 which pass through brackets 19 attached to the cross bar 10 and are fastened at their upper ends to a horizontal operating shaft 20, best shown in Figs. 1 and 2. 1 provide a handle 21 which is rigidly attached to the shaft 20 for operating the same, and

The rear ends of carries a grip 23 which is operatively connected with a catch 24, the latter being designed to engage the notches of the segment a notch segment 22 is also provided which extends parallel to the path of movement of the lever 21'. The handle or lever 21 also 22 in'order, to retain the handle in any position to which it is turned until released by the operation of the grip 23. 7

From the foregoing it will beseen that when the handle 21 is pulled toward the left as shown in Fig. 1, the shaft will be revolved and consequently the ropes 18 will be wound up pulling on the levers 16, and it will also be seen from the shape of the levers 16 at the ends opposite saidpoints of attachment to the ropes 18, that when thus operated the levers 16,. and consequently the members 8, will be forced apart. Springs 25 are provided beneath the brackets19 which are adapted to return the levers 16 to the position shown in Fig. 7 when-tension on the ropes 18 has been released;

Referring to Figs. 4 and 5 it will be seen, however, that the members 8 along the two outer edges of the device are mounted singly and consequently I provide forwardly project-ing bars 26 which extend parallel to the outer shafts 15 and against-which the corresponding levers 16v may push when the ropes 18 are placed under tension. I

Carried by the shafts'15 are gripping fingers'27 which are, provided: with integral collars through which the shafts extend.

ever, the fingers 27 have been operated by the levers 16 to grasp the lower'tier a: w of a stackof bricks such as 37,the springs 34 andslots 32 permit the fingers 27 to yield suificiently to accommodate themselves to any inequalities on the bricks.

In case it is desired to handle tile with my truck it is only necessary that bricks corresponding to 00 m be inserted to afford a gripping surface for the fingers 27 whereupon the truck may be loaded up with tile'such as 36, shown in Fig. 5. It will be seen, more over, that if desired, the members 11 might be extended to accommodate twice as large a load. It will also be noted that Fig. 4 shows the levers 16 and fingers 27 in the position which they assume when v grasping a stack of bricks'or the idler bricks used under a stack of tile.

"In-case it is desired to use the truck as a vthe oppositev ends vof said levers from said 130 setting machine, the wheels and handles are removed and cross bars 38 and 39 are bent so as to 'fit on the outside of the angle irons 40 which form the vertically extending portions of the frame 1. The cross bars 38 and 39 serve to support the strap irons 41 and 42 which are suitably bolted to thebars '38 and 39 and are inclined toward one another so as to form a triangle with the lower cross bar 38, the vertex of the triangle being somewhat above the upper end of the frame 1. At its upper end, the member 41 is bent forwardly to form an arm such as 46 which I extends parallel to the members 11. arms 46. are perforated as shown {113147 which are adapted to accommodatera hook or pulley so that themachine may be handledby a train or travel along a tram- The f,

way. It will be understood that member 42; v

is bent and bolted to member 41 at the point 7 48 which is the vertex of the triangle before mentioned.

a It will be seen from the'fo'regoing description that'in the, use of my device, bricks are piled as shown in' Fig. 6 leaving room between the separate piles for, the insertion of the members 11, these members being beveled at their ends asshown at' 14 to facilitate their insertion between the piles. The

handle 21 is then pulled down soasto operate the fingers 27 in order'to grip the bricks as previously described, .whereupon the bricks may be transported. Itwill be seen that a deck 49 is fastenedtothe frame 1 above the cross bar 7 to support the bricks or tile if it is desired to pile them above the upper endsof the members 8.

It will be understood that, while I have shown and described the preferred form of.

my invention, various mechanical equivalents may be substituted for the parts shown and described herein, and that parts of my invention may be utilized without using the I whole. 7 g

7 Having thus described my invention, what I -claim is 7 g 1. In a truck for handling bricks and the like in combination, a frame, members piv-' I oted to said frame andextending substan- I tially parallel thereto, supporting members fixed to said first mentioned members and extending forwardly from said'frame, rods pivotally mountedbeneath said supporting members, grasping fingers mounted on said r rods, and means for turning said first mentioned members whereby said grasping fin- I gers are brought into operative engagement 'with objects to be transported, said means comprisingleversrigid with said shafts and extending parallel to the planes of saidjfirst' mentioned members, said levers being arranged in pairs, the levers of each pair being arranged in contact at one end and having cam-like surfaces at their points of contact,

cam surfaces being connected to flexible members, and means for tensioning said flexible members.

2. In a truck for handling bricks and the like in combination, a frame, members pivoted to said frame and arranged to move in a plane substantially parallel thereto, supporting members fixed to said first mentioned members and extending substantially at right angles thereto, shafts pivotally supported by said members and extending par allel to said supporting members underneath said supporting members, grasping fingers yieldably connected to said shafts, levers fixed to shafts, said levers being arranged in pairs and provided With cam-like surfaces, the cam surfaces of the levers of each pair being in contact and the ends of sald levers removed from said cam surface being perforated, flexible members attached to the perforated ends of said levers, a shaft to which said flexible members are connected, an operating lever connected to said shaft, a notched segment, and releasable means for engaging said lever With said segment.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in the presence of two Witnesses.

WILLIAM HENRY BARNES.

Witnesses:

HAROLD SCANTIJJBURY, EDNA BROYLES.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents.

Washington, D. G. 

